In addition to his third consecutive Super Lawyers
selection, Vinoo Varghese is a 2017 Martindale AV
Preeminent rated attorney. In 2014, the New York
Law Journal honored him with a selection to its
Rising Stars list. In 2013, the National Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers, in court-filed papers,
recognized Varghese, a former prosecutor, for his
courage in defending clients, the federal and state
Constitutions, and the criminal defense bar at large.

In 2015, Varghese won a complete acquittal for a
client in a criminal tax trial against the IRS and DOJ
Tax Division. Earlier that year, before the Second
Circuit, he had secured a rarely granted retrial
for that client. Some of Varghese’s more notable
white-collar representations have included Rengan
Rajaratnam and Dan Halloran.

Outside the courtroom, in 2017, Varghese published
an op-ed in the New York Post about O.J. Simpson’s
parole release and presented a CLE webinar on the
Trump Administration’s priorities with the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act.

Varghese graduated from Brooklyn Law School, New
York University, and Chaminade High School.